ACGME accredited clinical neurophysiology training program (incorporating EEG, EMG, and epilepsy) with clinical activities at New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) and the Hospital for Special Surgery. The program is designed to meet and exceed the requirements for electrodiagnostic training as defined by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. For additional information on the clinical neurophysiology fellowships, please visit the website at www-users.med.cornell.edu/~jdvicto/cnpfel.cfml>.  

Siddhartha Nadkarni, MD; and Secondary: Aleksandar Beric, MD
Department of Neurology
Hospital for Joint Diseases
301 East 17th Street
New York, NY  10003

siddhartha.nadkarni@nyumc.org ; and aberic1@hotmail.com

The NYU School of Medicine Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship program is a one year subspecialty training program devoted to acquiring clinical and electrodiagnostic skills necessary to evaluate and treat patients with neuromuscular diseases, epilepsy, sleep, and autonomic disorders. Fellows perform clinical evaluations and electrodiagnostic studies on the inpatients and outpatients referred to our department under direct supervision of faculty attending physicians. In the first three months of the fellowship, the fellows will learn how to analyze the EMG of extremity, trunk, and facial muscles and interpret the results of the nerve conduction study in a coherent fashion, with a goal of providing a primary and secondary diagnosis of the patient's condition. In addition, the fellow will analyze the evoked potentials including somatosensory, acoustic, and visual EPs. One half day a week the fellows will attend a neuromuscular clinic and, with their understanding of basic physiology, be able to integrate  neurophysiological results in diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders. Additional training is provided in intraoperative monitoring, neurophysiology of Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy. Research projects are ongoing in the department, and fellows are expected to present cases at bi-monthly neuromuscular rounds and monthly journal clubs with attending supervision. Our program is ACGME approved and fulfills the requirements as stipulated by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and added qualifications in Clinical Neurophysiology of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Inc.  

The Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship in the Department of Neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center is an ACGME-accredited training program open to graduates of an accredited residency program in neurology or child neurology. Trainees elect to major in either EEG/Epilepsy or EMG/Neuromuscular Diseases (6-9 months in major). All trainees are exposed broadly to the entire field of clinical neurophysiology through actual experience, formal lectures, and observation. The principal components of the training program include:   Electroencephalography (EEG)   Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction (NC) Studies   Evoked Potentials   Video-EEG long-Term Monitoring. Clinical responsibilities include activities at University Hospital of Brooklyn, Kings County Hospital Center, and Long Island College Hospital. Trainees have clinical responsibilities at a specialty neuromuscular clinic one day per week. The fellow performs electrodiagnostic techniques on adults and children with a wide range of neuromuscular diseases. Opportunities exist for both clinical and basic science research, and interested trainees are provided time for research activities. An annual lecture series includes lectures on basic neurophysiology, functional anatomy, pathology, technical basis of clinical neurophysiology, electromyography (EMG), electroencephalography (EEG), special EEG methods including long-term monitoring, evoked potentials, testing of the autonomic nervous system, and chronobiology and sleep disorders.  

This fellowship combines standard electrodiagnostic medicine (nerve conduction and EMG) training with additional exposure to the evaluation and management of patients with neuromuscular diseases. The University of Rochester has a very busy Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic. Fellows are expected to participate in clinical research. This fellowship is designed to meet and exceed the application requirements for the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine examination.

Steven Herskovitz, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology,
Electrodiagnostic Medicine Laboratory
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210 Street
Bronx, NY  10467
(212) 920-4930

sherskov@montefiore.org

This is a 1-year fellowship focusing on clinical electrodiagnostic medicine and neuromuscular disorders at the Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Approximately 2000 electrodiagnostic studies are performed annually, including conventional and specialized techniques. Fellows also participate in the Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic, engage in research, and have a broad exposure to other aspects of neurophysiology including electroencephalography, evoked potentials, and sleep medicine. Applicants should send their curriculum vitae and three letters of reference.  

Thomas H Brannagan III, MD
Neurological Institute
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
710 W 168th St.  room 1302
NY, NY 10032
212 305-0405
212 305-5397 (fax)
Email:  tb2325@columbia.edu

This fellowship is designed for an individual who has finished a neurology residency or 1 year of training in electromyography and wishes to develop further clinical, electrophysiologic and clinical research expertise in peripheral neuropathies.  For additional information, please see:  http://columbianeuropathy.org/fellowship.html

Louis H. Weimer, MD
Director, EMG Laboratory
Neurological Institute
710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
(212) 305-0405

lhw1@columbia.edu

Full-time experience in EMG and Neuromuscular Disease. Fellows perform approximately 500 to 750 electrodiagnostic studies per year(laboratory total approximately 2000 per year), including children and adults in a structured training program with a detailed didactic course of instruction. Rotation through a wide variety of neuromuscular clinics is built into the fellowship, including the Columbia Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic, the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig ALS Clinic, and several others providing experience in the diagnosis and management of a wide range of neuropathies, neuromuscular junction disorders and muscle diseases with teaching from the highly regarded clinical neuromuscular faculty of the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, including Lewis Rowland, Hiroshi Mitsumoto, Arthur P. Hays, and Salvatore DiMauro, and many others. Faculty providing instruction in both clinical neuromuscular disease and electromyography include Thomas Brannagan and Louis Weimer.

The fellowship consists of a 1-year training program in clinical electrodiagnostic medicine and electrodiagnosis. About 1400 examinations are performed per year, including conventional studies and single fiber EMG. The fellow is actively involved in our specialized clinics in motor neuron disease, myasthenia gravis, neuro-AIDS, and general neuromuscular diseases, as well as an active neuromuscular service. In addition, the fellow rotates through other clinical neurophysiology services as recommended by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for added qualifications in clinical neurophysiology. Participation in clinical research projects and educational activities is encouraged. This is an ACGME-approved Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship. Applicants should send their curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation.  

Alan Ettinger, MD

270-05 76th Ave

Research Bldg - Level C

New Hyde Park, NY 11040

(718) 470-7310

AEttinge@nshs.edu

EEG/EMG-Epilepsy Fellowship 2007-2008. The North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System has an unexpected re-opening of one of two fellowship positions in our one year combined EEG/EMG fellowship program at the North Shore LIJ Health System. With a major emphasis on EEG/Epilepsy, this program enables the fellow to master interpretation of pediatric and adult routine EEG, video EEG, invasive electrode monitoring, electrocorticography, evoked potentials, sleep studies, EMG and nerve conduction studies. Please contact Alan B. Ettinger, MD, Director, North Shore-LIJ Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers New Hyde Park, New York. (718) 470-7310

Ed J. Fine, MD

Department of Neurology

Buffalo General Hospital

100 High St

New York, NY 14203

(716) 859-3496

efine@acsu.buffalo.edu and ejtamogo@buffalo.edu

The SUNY Buffalo Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship is an ACGME-accredited training program open to graduates of an accredited residency program in neurology or child neurology. Trainees obtain a balanced experience in EEG/Epilepsy and EMG/Neuromuscular diseases. All trainees are exposed broadly to the entire field of clinical neurophysiology through hands-on experience, formal didactic sessions, departmental meetings, anatomical studies, and intraoperative observation. Extensive experience is obtained in ambulatory and video-EEG long term monitoring, intraoperative monitoring, epilepsy surgery, evoked potentials, electromyography, nerve conduction studies, sleep medicine and autonomic testing. Clinical experience is obtained through adult and pediatric epilepsy clinics, long-term monitoring ward, and adult and pediatric neuromuscular clinics. Opportunities exist for both clinical and basic science research, and trainees are encouraged to pursue research activities. Interested applicants should send their curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation.

Norman Latov, MD,PhD
Weill Med College of Cornell Univ
Dept of Neurology
635 Madison Ave Ste 400
New York City, NY 10022-1009

(212) 888-8516

nol2002@med.cornell.edu

This fellowship is designed for an individual who ideally has finished a year of training in electromyography and wishes to develop further clinical, electrophysiologic and clinical research expertise in peripheral neuropathies. Please send C.V. and 3 letters of reference to the above address.

Training in basic neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, and pathology. Fundamentals of electronics. EMG, NCV, QAT, and EP hands-on training. Single fiber EMG, quantitative, and motor unit potential anology. Clinical research opportunities available. Weekly conferences in neuromuscular disorders. Total of 1000 EMGs performed annually. Basic & clinical education in EEGs & sleep studies.  

Morris J. Danon, MD, Chief of Neurology
Hospital for Special Surgery
535 East, 70 Street

Rm 388 SW

New York, NY 10021

(212) 606-1309

Hospital for Special Surgery, a Cornell University affiliated hospital, is offering one year comprehensive fellowship training in electromyography and neuromuscular pathology starting July of 2006. Applicants must have completed an ACGME-approved residency in neurology and preferably one year of EMG fellowship at the time of entrance into the program. To apply, send a letter of intent with a statement of career interests, a CV. and three letters of recommendation to Moris J. Danon, MD at the address above.

Jeremy M. Shefner, MD, PhD / Francine Vriesendorp, MD
Department of Neurology
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse
750 E. Adams St.
Syracuse, NY  13210

(315) 464-5357

Fax: (315) 464-5355

Shefnerj@upstate.edu or Phelanm@upstate.edu